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2014-02-26 -Land of the Free

Video Shows Officer Confronting Man Filming Arrests In Towson

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Posted by Fred 2014-02-26 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 Put a few of these pigs in state penitentiaries. In general population. The rest will get the message double-quick.

Posted by Ricky bin Ricardo (Abu Babaloo) 2014-02-26 01:12|| 2014-02-26 01:12|| Front Page Top

#2 Unfortunately I suspect the policeman was correct; "we no longer have any rights."

A public apology for their conduct and 30 days off [disciplinary layoff] without pay. That should get their attention.

Posted by Besoeker 2014-02-26 02:07|| 2014-02-26 02:07|| Front Page Top

#3 In a statement, county police officials say they recognize and respect the rights of citizens to film officers on duty in a public place, unless the person filming has violated a law or statute.

Given the fact that all citizens are always breaking some law or statute this is a moot point. Whether it's disorderly conduct or some other catch-all the police will always have an excuse, check out the blog-father for details.

The police attitude demonstrated here is that of all the elite, institutional thugs today, "I have a pen and a phone"; cops have a gun and a badge. Different levels of the same $#it.

Posted by AlanC 2014-02-26 08:30|| 2014-02-26 08:30|| Front Page Top

#4 Do what several departments already are doing. Fit every beat cop with live feed video. If for any reason the video goes off, goes blank, disappears, so does the officer's career.

You want to remove these idiots out of the force as quickly as possible. With phone/camera technology linked to immediate cloud storage, it's too late to try to hide the event anymore.

Get your state legislatures to remove immunity from any public official who obstructs or confiscates such equipment and you'll see behavior change almost immediately.

Posted by Procopius2k 2014-02-26 08:37|| 2014-02-26 08:37|| Front Page Top

#5 Baltimore county actually has a decent police force. Towson is a college town. Note that

"County police, auxiliary officers and state police were all responding to a large crowd and disturbance on York Road

York Road is the main thoroughfare running through Towson. The festivities took place at 1:45 in the morning. Another report sez

"...on-duty officers witnessed a disturbance among several members of a large crowd in the 400 block of York Road"

400 York Road features a Subway sammitch shop on the corner, a bail bondsman, and what looks like student apartments over it. My initial reaction was "bastards," referring to the cops. Closer examination suggests that with the presence of the campus cops, the county cops, and the State Police, it was probably a fairly large gathering of jerkwads and that the cop was feeling harried by yet another jerkwad in his face hollering "Hey! Look at me!"

But I could be wrong.

Posted by Fred 2014-02-26 11:25|| 2014-02-26 11:25|| Front Page Top

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